The visit follows the ground-breaking ceremony held in September this year to mark the start of DP World’s construction of a greenfield multi-purpose port project at Posorja, Ecuador.

The project is part of a 50-year concession the company won last year from the Government of Ecuador to build 750,000 TEU (twenty-foot container equivalent) of capacity to fuel the country’s economic growth and connect it with international markets.

Mr. Campana was taken on a tour of DP World’s semi-automated Terminal 3 in Jebel Ali which is a model for the facility being developed in Posorja.

DP World’s total investment in developing Ecuador’s maritime trade infrastructure will be over $1 billion, while creating thousands of jobs during construction. There are also plans to develop a logistics zone to create a regional trading hub in Posorja.